Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851

UKDA study number:1482

Principal Investigators

Morgan, V.
Macafee, W.
New University of Ulster. Education Centre

Sponsor

Economic and Social Research Council

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

January 1981

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Morgan, V. and Macafee, W., Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], January 1981. SN: 1482.

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1482 . Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851

Depositor:

Morgan, V. , New University of Ulster. Education Centre

Principal Investigators:

Morgan, V. , New University of Ulster. Education Centre

Macafee, W. , New University of Ulster. Education Centre

Sponsor:

Economic and Social Research Council

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to transcribe and code the surviving enumerators' returns from the Irish census of 1851, and to analyse this data in order to gain evidence about the demographic and social structure of parts of County Antrim during the mid-nineteenth century.

Main Topics:

Variables
Details of residence, name, age, marital status, date of marriage, literacy, occupation, birth place; absent family members; those members of the family who died between 1841 and 1851.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1851
Dates of Fieldwork: April 1979
Country: Northern Ireland
Geography: Antrim
Spatial Units: County
Observation Units: Individuals; Families/households

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Subnational
Population: Enumerators' returns for County Antrim, Nothern Ireland, 1851

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Number of Units: 28785 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: Irish census of 1851

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

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Date of First Release:

1 January 1981

Copyright:

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File last updated:

17 July 2009